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Re: [PATCH 4/3] bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisect

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Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Date
May 24, 2008, 10:51 UTC
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Linus Torvalds writes:
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> This is a general problem in gitk. 
> 
> It's worse than not showing a label, btw. If it doesn't realize what the 
> HEAD is (and it won't), it also doesn't show the fake "uncommitted 
> changes" commit(s).

I could make it show "HEAD" in a green box for a detached head easily enough. That could be ambiguous if you had a branch called HEAD, I suppose, but having a branch called HEAD would be deeply confusing anyway. :) Do you have any alternative suggestion for how to display a detached head?

Paul.
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  1. 4/3 bisect: use a detached HEAD to bisectChristian Couder, May 22, 2008
  2. Junio C HamanoMay 23, 2008
  3. Christian CouderMay 23, 2008
  4. Jon LoeligerMay 23, 2008
  5. Linus TorvaldsMay 23, 2008
  6. Paul MackerrasMay 24, 2008
  7. Linus TorvaldsMay 24, 2008
  8. Jeff KingMay 25, 2008
  9. Paul MackerrasMay 26, 2008
  10. Junio C HamanoMay 26, 2008

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